The Turning Point (1977)

Academy Awards, USA 1978

Nominated Oscar	Best Picture Herbert Ross Arthur Laurents
	Best Actress in a Leading Role Anne Bancroft
	Best Actress in a Leading Role Shirley MacLaine
	Best Actor in a Supporting Role Mikhail Baryshnikov
	Best Actress in a Supporting Role Leslie Browne
	Best Director Herbert Ross
	Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Arthur Laurents
	Best Cinematography Robert Surtees
	Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Albert Brenner Marvin March
	Best Sound Theodore Soderberg Paul Wells Douglas O. Williams Jerry Jost
	Best Film Editing William Reynolds

Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by Herbert Ross
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Anchor Bay)

Shirley MacLaine regrets giving up her ballet career in order to raise a family. When her daughter, an aspiring ballerina herself, has an opportunity to train with mom's old company, they travel to NYC for the audition. While her daughter becomes romantically involved with star performer Mikhail Baryshnikov, mom reignites an old flame and opens an old wound with rival Anne Bancroft. Good when it sticks to the ballet, but otherwise wallows in over-baked melodrama.